GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Indie-rockers The National will perform at Calvin College this spring.

The band will play the 5,000-capacity Van Noord Arena at 8 p.m. April 12, 2014. Tickets are $40 reserved seating, and go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at the Calvin box office: in person, via the website or by calling 616-526-6282.

An opening act is to be announced.

The band, from Cincinnati but now based in Brooklyn, has slowly and steadily built a large fanbase since the early 2000s. The National's 2007 album "Boxer" was highly acclaimed by Sterogum, Paste Magazine and Pitchfork, and its two subsequent albums, '10's "High Violet" and '13's "Trouble Will Find Me," debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts.

Calvin also is bringing in indie-rock duo Lily and Madeleine, 8 p.m. May 9 at Ladies Literary Club. Tickets are $10, on sale now.

The college will also be hosting The Head and the Heart at Hoogenboom Center April 3; tickets for that show are on sale now.

John Serba is film critic and entertainment reporter for MLive and The Grand Rapids Press. Email him at jserba@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.